The WA sailing community gathered to celebrate and acknowledge the performers and contributors of the past year, at the 2025 WA Sailing Awards on Thursday 2 October, at Nedlands Yacht Club.
The 2025 ZHIK Youth Sail South Australia Youth Championships wrapped up over the weekend of September 27–28 at Adelaide Sailing Club, bringing together more than 60 of the state’s best youth sailors alongside competitors from Western Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, and regional South Australia.
The premise of WaveGP sounded simple enough, with the opportunity for a huge reward. Take the world’s most exciting sailboat racing format, scale it down just a little bit, and open it up to everybody? Count us in!
It took 45 years, but the athletes who formed Australia’s 1980 Olympic sailing team have finally reunited, a gathering marked by reflection, reconciliation, and long-overdue recognition.
The pain of handing over the national 13ft crown after owning it for a year is driving Manly's Theo Franklin to recapture the title when the biggest fleet in the event's history lines up for the 2026 Australian Championships in January.
The 2025 ZHIK Youth Sail SA Youth Championships will get underway this weekend at Adelaide Sailing Club, bringing together more than 60 of the state’s best youth sailors and interstate competitors from Western Australia, New South Wales and Victoria for two days of racing on September 27–28.
The 2025 Sailing Awards Night was a glittering celebration of excellence, held on Friday, 6th September at the Colmslie Hotel. The event honoured Queensland’s most dedicated sailors, coaches, volunteers, and clubs, with representatives from across the state gathering to recognise a year of remarkable achievements both on and off the water.
For the first time in our history Australian Sailing committed to taking our Annual Sailing Summits out to regional Australia in 2025, growing the number of Summits from the traditional eight capital cities to a total of 26 events across the length and breadth of Australia from March through to August.
Two-time Olympian Nia Jerwood entered the Women’s National Match Racing Championship with very little match racing experience but clinched the final with a convincing three-one scoreline.
Australian Sailing is pleased to announce the launch of a brand new course, Race Officer – Scorer & Handicapper, designed to teach the fundamental skills needed to score, handicap and manage ratings for sailing races.
A new international player has emerged as a threat in October’s Sydney to Auckland Ocean Race (S2A) sponsored by Harken, as US yachtsman Bryon Ehrhart has entered his Juan Kouyoumdjian 88 designed Lucky, the envy of boat owners world-wide with a slew of line honours, overall wins and race records to her name.